As World Heats, Youth Protesters March for Climate Action
Over 1,300 Climate Marches Planned Around the Globe
![Youth Climate March](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109eu_climate_youth_march.jpg?h=9396f34a&itok=m9TrGK3a)
Scrutiny by UN Rights Body on South Sudan Remains Critical
Item 4 Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202003AFR_SOUTHSUDAN_HRC_41SESS.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=ujntb3PN)
Sign Language Is Key to Real Inclusion
Governments Should Make Information Accessible to All
![A sign language interpreter records sign language lessons that are broadcast on public television, at an elementary school in Athens, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109global_sign_language.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=0f3vz9Iq)
Afghanistan: Taliban Abuses Cause Widespread Fear
Women in City of Herat Describe Loss of Freedoms Overnight
![A Taliban member watches as women demonstrate for human rights in Herat, Afghanistan, September 2, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109wrd_Afghanistan_heratprotests.jpg?h=d8367567&itok=EnpuW8Wb)
Quad Leaders Should Back Covid-19 Intellectual Property Waiver
Summit Meeting Key Opportunity to Address Vaccine Inequities
![Activists stand outside Pfizer Headquarters demanding US President Joe Biden support the "TRIPS Waiver" in New York, NY on April 22, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109us_vaccine_trips_waiver.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=ESuZezix)
UN: Covid-19 Summit at UN Falls Short
Sharing Knowledge, Technology Critical to Curb Virus
![A nurse with a syringe explains and calms a girl while the COVID-19 vaccination goes on for children and young people in Granada, Spain on September 03, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109Covid_Vaccines_update_0.jpg?h=07b4abdf&itok=-Hr1UEt_)
China’s Coal Announcement Potential Climate Game-Changer
Beijing Should Phase Out Existing Projects at Home
![Chinese-built Java 7 coal-fired power plant in Serang, Banten, Indonesia, October 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109china_coal_plants_abroad.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=JBvU2EsW)
Another Political Detention in Mali
Release Advisor to Politicians Unless Charges Brought
![The Sundiata Keïta army base in Kati, Mali, May 25, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109mali_political_arrested.jpg?h=943238f6&itok=8esakBZN)
China Is Dismantling Hong Kong’s Unions
Empowered Workers Would Be a Threat to the Chinese Communist Party
![Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions President Joe Wong Nai-yuen, third from right, with other members before a news conference on the possibility of disbanding, Hong Kong](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109asia_china_union.jpg?h=227839c4&itok=7lzT2bHe)
Testimony of John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
United States Congressional Briefing “Religious Freedom in India,” September 22, 2021
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Biden’s Best Chance to Tackle US Inequality
Spending Package Would be Groundbreaking Expansion of Social Safety Net
![US President Joe Biden speaks on how his Build Back Better agenda will lower prescription drug prices, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109us_biden_inequality_plan.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=6N9lusAT)
UN Development Agency Embraces Egypt’s Abusive Rulers
Donors Shouldn’t Engage in Whitewashing Horrendous Rights Record
![President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on September 14, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109egypt_sisi_undp.jpg?h=1eed7b06&itok=hh6AN3Gq)